Next, the University of Oklahoma continued to double-team Lian Dao. This time, Willie Warren and Tony Crocker double-teamed Lian Dao. Willie Warren was very flexible.
Lian Dao was careful of Lian Dao's three-point shot and blocked Lian Dao's passing route.
If Lian Dao's passing route is so easy to block, then his vision with a rating of 93 and passing with a rating of 79 will be useless. Lian Dao's vision is an All-Star level even in the NBA, plus NBA-level passing ability
The ball, it is simply even more powerful.
Lian Dao continued to dribble the ball at a large scale, and Willie Warren and Tony Crocker also continued to step forward to compress Lian Dao's dribbling space. Finally, when Willie Warren took a step forward, Lian Dao
He backhanded the basketball to the floor under Willie Warren's crotch, and then saw the basketball pass through Willie's crotch and bounce into the hands of DeRozan in the bottom corner of the court. DeRozan didn't need to adjust at all after catching the ball.
, a direct shot.
Next, Wilkinson was too timid to defend the basket because of too many fouls. Gibson stepped forward to cover the defense, and Blake Griffin passed the ball to Tyler Griffin. Lian Dao stepped forward to assist.
To defend, he passed the ball to Tony Crocker for a three-pointer from the outside.
The number of fouls committed by Wilkinson caused chaos in USC's interior defense. Finally, Wilkinson defended again and slapped Blake Griffin on the hand of a low-post turnaround jumper, resulting in four fouls.
Blake made two free throws.
When Tim saw Wilkinson received his fourth foul, he threw him without calling a timeout and put him on the court. Then he gestured to Lian Dao.
Lian Dao knew what it meant. He raised two fingers to indicate to his teammates that he should use the second tactic.
Then Daniel Hackett is responsible for organizing the pass. Lian Dao and DeRozan move without the ball. When the two people have opportunities at the same time, Lian Dao is the first receiving point and DeRozan is the second receiving point.
Only one of the two has a chance, and that is whoever gets the chance to pass the ball to the other.
Gibson and Wilkinson provide pick-and-roll coverage.
Just like this, Lian Dao passed the screen of his teammates and ran out of the opportunity at 45 degrees outside the three-point line. Daniel passed the ball over in time. Lian Dao didn't stop at all and directly hit the three-pointer.
University of Oklahoma point guard Willie Warren also hit a three-point shot from the outside.
In turn, Lian Dao ran out of the open space, Daniel passed the ball a little slowly, and Taylor Griffin made a timely defense. Lian Dao did not stop the ball after receiving the pass, and directly passed the ball to DeRozan, who was cutting to the right baseline.
, DeRozan dunked directly after receiving the ball.
At the same time, the outside line strengthened the pace of return visits to prevent the opponent's fast break. With USC's smooth offense and tight defense, USC played a wave before the end of the first half: 26:15
At halftime, the score between Oklahoma and USC was: 32:49.
USC led by 17 points at the end of the first half.
Lian Dao scored 17 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 turnover in the first half. He scored the highest score in the half; Blake Griffin scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist in the half; DeRozan also scored 9 points after adjusting back to form.
Scored 2 rebounds; captain Gibson had 6 points and 5 rebounds...
When Lian Dao came off the field, he felt a little cramp in his legs, which was a sign of physical exhaustion. Panting heavily, he quickly sat on the bench and continued to lightly press the acupuncture points on his legs with his fingers to relieve the fatigue of his legs.
At this time, he played the entire first half for the first time, which was really not easy for Lian Dao, whose physical fitness was only 64.
In the second half, Lian Dao and Wilkinson sat on the bench, and DeRozan came on as a substitute. The University of Oklahoma still started all starters. Jeff Capel knew that Lian Dao had a physical crisis and would not play immediately in the second half.
, he took advantage of Lian Dao's absence to let the main force chase points.
The fact is indeed what he expected. Without Lian Dao on the court, USC's perimeter defense has dropped by a level, and its organization of offense is very chaotic. It is basically just constant singles, and there is rarely any exquisite coordination of organization, passing, and cutting.
The University of Oklahoma shot from the outside and hit three-pointers one after another. In front of three-pointers, the 17-point difference is really not much, even in the NCAA with 35 seconds of attack time.
This is not another headache for Tim. As long as the opponent's three-point shot is strengthened, it will not be so accurate all the time. However, USC's inside line was blown up and smashed to pieces. Leonard, who came on to replace Wilkinson,
·Washington is only 2.05 meters tall, and he can't guard Blake Griffin at all.
Although Wilkinson was often beaten, Gibson's constant defense was able to restrain Blake Griffin. But with his end, Griffin seemed to have become a shark in the water.
The enlarged inside line makes a huge difference.
Not to mention Leonard Washington's defense against Blake Griffin, he was constantly beaten 2+1. What made Tim the most angry at this time was that if you foul, commit it hard and don't let your opponent
There is a chance to tie 2+1.
In just over 4 minutes, the opponent was beaten 17:7, and the total score became: 49:56. The University of Oklahoma directly narrowed the point difference to 7 points.
Finally, when there was a dead ball, Tim replaced Leonard Washington with Wilkinson. Wilkinson has now fouled 4 times, but there is no way, USC currently has no one available at the center position.
Lian Dao was anxious as he watched his teammates being chased for points. This game had already been fought so hard, and he didn't want to give up the victory.
So I asked Tim directly for a fight.
"Coach, I've rested, let me play."
Tim looked at Lian Dao's legs, which had just recovered from some fatigue, and shook his head, not agreeing.
"Coach, I can really do it. My legs are fine. We can definitely overturn this broken ship on the other side." Lian Dao saw that Tim did not agree to his request for a fight, which made him a little anxious.
"Sickle, you have to believe in your teammates. You are a team. Besides, this is just a preseason game. You have to know that this game has a negligible role in the entire series." Tim looked at the University of Oklahoma on the court.
The team members also had physical problems, but Lian Dao's invitation to fight made him a little irritable.
Tim admires Lian Dao's attitude towards the game very much. Only those who are extremely eager to win will achieve greatness. Such people will be very paranoid about success, and it is this paranoia that will drive players to continue to grow.
But Tim knows that he cannot compare a preseason game with an entire series, and it is even less possible for him to put the health of his players aside for a game. This is inconsistent with his professional ethics.
Although Tim is very strict, he also knows that all the players have tried their best in this game. Of course, everyone will be happy if they win, but he will not blame the players if they lose. On the contrary, the problems exposed in this game can make them perform better in the regular routine.
Make up before the game starts. This will help you go further in the national championship.
"Sickle, you haven't recovered enough to play now. If you are allowed to play now, you will most likely get injured. Compared with your general, this game may not even be as good as shit."
Lian Dao was also very moved after hearing this. He slowly sat on the bench and no longer argued with Tim about coming on. He carefully read the offense, defense, and tactical movements of every round on the court. He seemed calm on the outside.
, in fact, a warm current welled up in my heart.
Tim was not Lian Dao's first basketball coach. Lian Dao joined basketball teams at different schools twice in four years of high school. The first time he was put on the bench indefinitely because of the coach's distrust;
Although he got a chance the second time in his senior year of high school, it was because the team was full of crooks and the coach had no one to use, so Lian Dao was allowed to play.
Tim was the third basketball head coach he came into contact with after coming to the United States, and only Tim believed in himself. He did not permanently put himself on the bench because of his race.
Even though Lian Dao was not as good as he is now, he still got a lot of opportunities to play. At the same time, this is the first head coach Lian Dao has seen so far who puts the health of his athletes first.
This touched Lian Dao, who was used to being ridiculed.